Urbanizer

10/06/2015

A great read to see how NIMBYism and the maturing millennial demographic come together. Soon to affect San Antonio.

There's a refrain I've been hearing with increasing regularity lately, mostly in regards to proposed development in my new neighborhood of Oak Cliff.  "We don't want to be like Uptown!" It seems to represent a reflexive dislike for uptown the place but is one I find to be inaccurate possibly based o…

04/06/2015

Get excited for downtown San Antonio's first new office tower in a quarter century.

Multi-phase project is expected to spur other urban development.

27/05/2015

An energy innovation center on the south side AND along the river? Great things happening.

The idea had brewed in his mind for several years, but only recently has CPS Energy CEO Doyle Beneby’s vision to create a place for energy education and innovation development ...

22/05/2015

How will Houston Street and Broadway change with these big Real Estate purchases?

Gray Street Partners is poised to make some waves in San Antonio.

12/05/2015

The area around La Cantera and UTSA is super hot right now. What else is coming to market?

San Antonio's Northwest Side continues to be built up.

07/05/2015

Could the Lone Star Brewery be the "Pearl of the Southside"?

The old Lone Star Brewery site has been sold to AquaLand Development, the Austin real estate company confirmed Tuesday afternoon. AquaLand wants to turn the site into a mixed-use development that could include a microbrewery, multifamily housing, a theater, music venues, restaurants, a farmers marke…

22/04/2015

The tallest residential tower west of the Mississippi is coming to our northern neighbor. Wow!

A dramatic change is in store for Austin’s skyline, as plans move forward on what now has become a 58-story tower that would be the city’s tallest building and the largest residential tower west of the Mississippi River.

18/04/2015

A great way to attract more people into inner-ring Houston!

The Houston City Council unanimously approved the new master plan for Memorial Park on April 1, according to media reports.

16/04/2015

Growth is a constant in Texas. Here are some great interactive photos showing how much Austin changed over a decade.

The U.S. Census Bureau confirms it every couple years, but those who live in Austin already know it: our city is growing fast and not slowing down anytime soon. The most recent Census data published last week shows Austin is growing faster than any other city in the nation with a population of more…

15/04/2015

More excitement, art, and activity coming to downtown San Antonio!

The Bexar County Commissioner’s Court approved preliminary designs Tuesday for the San Pedro Creek Restoration Project, a long-forgotten ditch that runs through the heart of the downtown San Antonio. Construction is expected ...

11/04/2015

Like live music? Like downtown San Antonio? Check out this piece from San Antonio Current -

Go ahead and call it a comeback. It remains to be seen how far the resurrection will go, but the venerable St. Mary's Strip is...

08/04/2015

We're happy to see a San Antonio giant contributing to education with a large donation to Texas A&M University.

The contribution will go toward ongoing construction of the 550,000-square-foot engineering education complex at the university’s College Station campus as well as the establishment of the Zachry Leadership Program and support of a rotation of industry leaders visiting the classroom as “professors o…

04/04/2015

Are you considering downsizing? Or at least not up-sizing?

The sprawl of television shows about very small houses

02/04/2015

What do you do when your capital city gets crowded? You build a new one!

Egypt reveals plans to build a new administrative and business capital, on the outskirts of Cairo, which will house up to five million residents.

28/03/2015

Only four more months and we start to see the new Hemisfair! The first phase sounds delicious.

Four vendors selected to help launch Yanaguana Garden when it is unveiled to the public July 2015.

26/03/2015

Another study confirms it -

Texas' population is projected to double by 2050, according to a report from Texas' Office of the State Demographer.

22/03/2015

Some great interior shots of the spaces at Hotel Emma before the renovation. Can't wait to see the final product!

Editor’s Note: Silver Ventures, owner of the Pearl, and San Francisco-based Kimpton Properties, an international boutique hotels operator, have dissolved their operating agreement for Kimpton to operate and manage the Hotel ...

21/03/2015

Rents and sales prices are also rising fast in S.A. At Urbanizer, we want to be sure that the inner city stays accessible to young professionals.

North Texas’ booming job market is attracting thousands of young workers who mostly won’t or can’t purchase houses.

20/03/2015

Great neighborhood Fiesta event on April 11. Do you know anyone who wants to do a bench pressing contesting?

19/03/2015

Exciting to see LOCAL COFFEE expanding into San Antonio's 2nd downtown a.k.a the Medical Center.

Fresh from opening Merit Roasting Co., the folks at Local Coffee have their eyes set on opening another location — this time in the Medical Center. On its page, Local Coffee posted a pictu...

17/03/2015

Are you new to cycling, thinking about buying your first bike, or an experience cyclist who wants a safety refresher? Take this free class and get safety advice, a helmet, and other awesome cyclist stuff.

Starting in January, the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) began offering a regular adult bike safety class called Street Skills. The class is a free 45-minute, off-bike session to ...

11/03/2015

A world class city has world class museums. Congrats San Antonio!

Just past the backhoe parked on the front steps of the Witte Museum, the lobby is now almost unrecognizable. The main reception and gift shop is gutted, the three-horned, frilled triceratops ...

08/03/2015

We bought this 1930's beauty in the bargain barn. The original 1400 sf house had grown to 2400 sf over the years. All the original details were there just waiting to be brought back to their original glory!

07/03/2015

Do Walmarts help or hurt their communities? Can shopping at a small, local store help build San Antonio into a better city?

Whether you are stumbling on this website for the first time today, or whether you’ve been a Strong Towns advocate for years, you’re probably not a fan of Walmart. Big box stores are not really our thing here. We know that they create a far smaller tax base than your average mom and pop shop, that t…

01/03/2015

First University of Houston announces their new San Antonio campus at Sunset Station and now 268 apartments plus a renovated office building. The near Eastside is growing up!

More than $240 million in private and state money could be pumped into the near East Side in the form of new apartments and office space. NRP Group also is partnering with the San Antonio Housing Trust’s Public Facility Corp., a city-created nonprofit that supports affordable housing. Listed as a co…

21/02/2015

Sometimes the older, inner suburbs are the right answer. Looking for a place with more space than downtown? Check out this neighborhood -

I read with interest and a bit of envy the multitude of personal reflections on some of the wonderful San Antonio neighborhoods featured in the Rivard Report series “Where I ...

20/02/2015

Local firm Ford, Powell & Carson Architects & Planners, Inc. created an inspiring design for the area around Port San Antonio. We hope it comes to life!

San Antonio-based architecture firm Ford, Powell & Carson was recently awarded top honors in the Low Impact Development Design Competition for their environmentally and contextually sensitive proposal to revitalize Billy Mitchell Village – an aging military housing complex at the old Kelly Air Force…

18/02/2015

Are you as excited as we are about the new Witte Museum expansion?! Take an "aerial tour" and see how awesome it's going to be!

This is "NEW Witte Flyover Animation" by Witte Museum on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

14/02/2015

San Antonio's storied "St. Mary's Strip" is coming back to life with new bars and new homes, while staying true to San Antonio.

I moved to Tobin Hill shortly after arriving to San Antonio in 2007. In August of 2011, a new bar and venue opened on the corner of E. Dewey Place ...